Posts by Anna Selonick

Danish singer songwriter Agnes Obel performed in WNUR’s studio on Halloween. All four songs are from her second album “Aventine.” Agnes is currently touring North America, more details here: http://www.agnesobel.com/

This Friday, May 9, WNUR-FM 89.3 and the Block Cinema are proud to present SONIC CELLULOID XII, WNUR Rock Show’s annual experimental film and music showcase. Come watch three artists perform live film scores and RECONFIGURE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $4 for students, $6 for the public.

On March 9, K-Sound interviewed Korean band Idiotape and filmed their live performances. Find the interview and live performance of “Cats” below. Check out the full playlist of Idiotape’s in-studio performances here.

Hello friends! We are very excited to be having Cloud Becomes Your Hand perform in our studio this coming Thursday, April 3rd. Check them out locally via 89.3FM or worldwide right here on wnur.org at 6pm! They just released “Rocks or Cakes” this February, their first record on Northern Spy. They’ll be playing in Chicago on Friday, April 4th at 9pm at Situations at 2202 N. Milwaukee Ave. Here’s what they have to say about them:

The spirit of discovery has made heroes of mountain climbers and deep sea divers. We rally around it with undaunted belief that one day aliens will be our best friends, if we can just push deep enough into space. Cloud Becomes Your Hand reminds us that this magic of new worlds isn’t just on the edges of civilization; it is all around us. Like a children’s show on PBS, depicting urban life with a frenetic jazz of togetherness and purpose, theirs is the sound of exploring your own city. It is the sound of meeting all the surprising people around you. Surrealism, Dada, psychedelia; these are just fancy words to describe the simple thing this group has done. They’ve collected a bunch of exciting sounds and tied them together with the exclamation, “We’re all here, living these wild lives with each other!” It is a sentiment explaining the joy and wonder in a child’s eyes. A sentiment Cloud Becomes Your Hand reminds us is for everyone, forever.

Congratulations to Rock DJ Grace Hahn, the Northwestern sophomore who won this year’s t-shirt design contest! These tees will become available as gifts for listeners who donate (called premiums) to the station starting a week before our annual Phoneathon: Feb. 21st – 28th. Since WNUR is an independent, non-commercial radio station, over half our operating budget comes from your donations. In addition to t-shirts, we’ll have more WNUR merchandise, as well as tons of CDs, records, and concert tickets to offer donors in February.

More on Phoneathon and all of the premiums to come very soon! Long live independent radio!